On the Earth was a gentle and lonely man by the name of Epimethus. To spite him for his brother's fault, Pandora was given to him as a wife, along with a plot for Zues' revenge.
As a gift, Zues bestowed upon Pandora a small box bearing a large and heavy lock. She was made to promise never to open this box. Zues then gave the key to Epimetheus, instructing him as well never to open it.
Pandora, being rather inquisitive, wanted to see the contents of the box, but her husband refused to surrender the key to her, claiming that her father had hidden away some foul trick there.
Begrudgingly, the young wife agreed to leave the box be. However, she soon found an opprotunity to satiate her curiosity. As Epimetheus lay sleeping, she stole the key from him and opened the box.
Out of the box came ravenous terrible creatures that ravaged the Earth for a thousand years. Pandora did her best to close the box before they excaped, but she failed at this, and the box was empty by the time she managed to slam it shut.
Distraught and terrified by what she had released upon the world, Pandora rushed to wake Epimetheus, and showed him the empty box. However, it was not entirely empty. Before she could again slam it shut, a small lighting bug flew out of the box. In a small voice, it said, "Hello, Pandora. My name is Hope," and it flew off into the world.
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Idk. Just... think about it. When did all of this start? Sometime around the fifteenth century, right? That would have been the 1400's. It's now 2013. It's only been, what... six hundred or so years? What if the Fears are what is inside Pandora's box? What if we're just now starting to meet Hope? Like... Roy, you've met Sagari, the Hope of Sanctuary. What if this is only the beginning? Rose and I think there might be a Hope of Balance that'll rear his head soon, because the white king in that chess game of mine was marked with a yin yang.
Not that I'm saying any of this is 100% true... it's just a thought.
Also, here's that picture I drew:
Hmm... quite possibly.
ReplyDeleteI myself have a sneaking suspicion to do with a hope, but the 'evidence' for it is not something I can trust.
I would love to hear this suspicion Med. Last time i didnt heed someones suspicions I died. So yea all ears!
DeleteI'd rather get something more concrete than dreams before making any guesses for sure. The things are too damn multiinterpretable.
DeleteBut there's one, not the one detailed on my blog, that doesn't match up well with any of the others. I thought maybe a hope could be... but I'm most likely wrong.
Sorry for all the infuriating crypticity. I shouldn't have said anything.